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• .V;': - .. . •• • • - .. *'•» ' 'J ' t ::•'•• v.:""" /mz/zxzzzsp/zm j&fac/7*AhJterĴ jfo. ---c&&am7;j8&£*0QM./2̂ <axim&x CHAPTER XIll<--Continued. . "Well," I said, as calmly as I could, •^are you going to stand by me?" "I would, Mr. Gordon," he replied, "If there was any good, but there ain't e to get a posse, and. what'# one Chester against a mbb of cowboys like them?" "If you'll lend me your gun," I said, *111 show just what it is worth, with­ out troubling you." "I'll do better than that* offered the sheriff, "and that's what I'm here io». gsjjust sneak, while there's time.'* , You mean--?" I exclaimed. That's it. I'm goin' away, and 111 v^eave the door unlocked. If yer get , «lear let me know yer address, and ^ • later, if I want yer, I'll send yer word." -- iHe took a grip on my fingers that Jcumbed them as if they had been •'•caught in an air-brake, and disap- ... peared. I slipped out after the sheriff with- ,*3©ut loss of time. That there wasn't " 'v^^nuch to spare was shown by a crowd with some torches down the street, collected in front of a saloon. They were making a good deal of noise, even for the West; evidently the flame was being fanned. Not wasting time. I struck for the railroad, because I knew the geography of that best, but still more because I wanted to get to the station. It was a big risk to go there, but it was one I was willing to take for the object I had in view, and, since I had to take it, it was safest to get through with the job before the discovery was made that I was no longer in Jail. It didn't take me three minutes to reach the station. The whole place was black as a coal-dumper, except for the slices of light which shone through the cracks of the certain windows in the specials, the dim light of the lamp In the station, and the glow of the row of saloons two hundred feet away. I was afraid, however, that there might be a spy lurking somewhere, for it was likely that Camp would hope to get some clue of the letters by keeping a watch on the station and the cars. Thinking boldness the safest course, I walked on to the platform without hesitation, and went into the station. The "night man" was sitting in his chair, nodding, but he waked up the moment I spoke. "Don't speak my name," I said, warningly, as he struggled to his feet; and then in the fewest possible words I told him what I wanted of him,--to find if the pony I bad ridden (Camp's or Baldwin's) was in town and, if so, to learn where It was, and to get the letters on the quiet from under the saddle-flap. I chose this man, first, becausei I could trust him, and next, because I had only one of the Cullens las an alternative, and If any of them went sneaking round, It would be sure to attract attention. "The moment you have the letters, put them in the station safe," I ended, "and then get word to me." "And where'll you be, Mr. Gordon?" asked the man. "Is there any place about here that's a safe hiding spot for a few hours?" I asked. "I want to stay till I'm sure those letters are ,safe, and after that I'll steal on board the first train that comes along." "Then you'll want to be near here," said the man. "I'll tell you, I've got Just the place for you. The platform's boarded in all round, but I noticed one . plank that's loose at one end, right at this nigh corner, and if you just pry it open enough to get in, and then pull the board in place, they'll never find you." "That will do," I said; "and when the letters are safe, come out on the platform, walk up and. down once, bang the door twice, and then say, "That way freight is late.' And if you get a chance, tell one of the Cullens where I'm hidden.' I crossed the platform boldly, jump­ ed down, and walked away. But after going fifty feet I dropped down on my hands and knees and crawled back. Inside of two minutes I was safely stowed away under the platform, in about as neat a hiding-place as a man could ask. In fact, if I had only had _my wits enough about me to borrow a revolver of the man, I could have made a pretty good defence, even if discovered. Underneath the platform was loope •"Whan the. letters are safe, say That way freight ie late.'" gravel, and, as an additional precau­ tion, I scooped out, close to the side- boarding, a trough long enough for me 'to lie in. Then I got into the hole, shoveled the sand over my legs, and piled the rest up in a heap close to me, so that by a few sweeps of my arm I could cover my whole body, leaving •only my mouth and nose exposed, and rthose below the level. That made me .feel pretty safe, for, even If the cow­ boys found the loose plank and crawl­ ed in, it would take uncommon good eyesight, in the darkness, to find me. I had hollowed out my living grave to lit, and ff I could have smoked. I should have been decidedly comfort- •able. Sleep I dared not indulge in, and the sequel showed that I was right in not allowing myself that luxury. I hadn't much more than comfort­ ably settled myself, and let thoughts of a cigar and a nap flit through my mind, when a row up the street show­ ed that the jail-breaking had been dis­ covered. t Then followed shouts and confusion for a few moments, while a search was being organized. I heard some horsemen ride over the tracks, and also down the street, followed by the hurried footsteps of half a dozen men. Some banged at the doors of the specials, while others knocked at the station door. One of the Cullens' servants opened the door of 218, and I heard the sher­ iff's voice telling him he'd got to search the car. The darky protested, saying that the "gentmu£i was all away, and only de miss inside." The row brought Miss Cullen to the door, and I heard her ask what was the mat- ter. . ' "Sorry to trouble yer, miss," said the sheriff, "but a prisoner has broken jail, and we've got to look for him." "Escaped!" cried Madge, joyfully* "How?" "That's Just what gits away with me," marveled the sheriff. "My idea ia--" "Don't waste time 4on' theories," said Camp's voice, angrily. "Search the car." "Sorry to discommode a lady," apol­ ogized the sheriff, gallantly, "but If we may just look around a little?" "My father and brothers went Out a A lessen lit poNtenem* 4 few minutes ago," said Madge, hesi­ tatingly, "and I don't know if they would be willing." \ Camp laughed angrily, andordered, "Stand aside, there." "Don't yer worry," said the sheriff: "If he's on the car, he can't git away. We'll send a feller up for Mr. Culleft, while we search Mr. Gordon's car and the station." They set about it at once, and used up ten minutes in the task. Then I heard Camp say: "Come, we can't wait all night for permission to search this car. Go ahead." ,"I hope you'll wait till my father comes," begged Madge. "Now go slow, Mr. Camp," said tlie sheriff. "We musn't discomfort the lady if we can avoid it" "I believe you're wasting time in or­ der to help him 'escape," snapped Camp. "Nothln' of the kind," denied the sheriff. "If you won't do your duty, 111 take the law Into my own hands, and order the car searched," sputtered Camp, so angry as hardly to be able to articu­ late. "Look a here," growled the sheriff, "who are yer sayin' all this to, any­ way? If yer talkin' to me, say 89 right off." "All I mean," hastily said Camp, "ia that it's your duty, in your honorable position, to search this car." "I don't need no instructtn' in my dooty as sheriff," retorted the official. "But a bigger dooty is what is owin' to the feminine sex. When a female is in question, a gentleman, Mr. Camp,-- yes, sir, a gentleman,--ia /in dooty bound to be perlite." v "Politeness be -- ----I" swore Camp. "Git as angry as yer r-- please," roared the sheriff wrathfully, "but my soul to if any cuss has a right to use such talk in the presence of a lady!" CHAPTER XIV. "Listeners Never Hear Anything Good" Before I had ceased chuckling over the sheriff's indignant declaration of the canons of etiquette, I heard Mr. Cullen's voice demanding to know what the trouble was, and it was quickly explained to him that I had escaped. He at once gave them per­ mission to search his car, and went in with the sheriff and the cowboys. Ap­ parently Madge went in too, for in a ^moment I heard Camp say, in a low voice: "Two of you fellows get down be­ low the car and crawl in under the truck where you can't be seen. Evi­ dently that cuss isn't here, but he's likely to come by and by. If so, nab him if you can, and if you can't, fire two shots. Mosely, are you heeled?" "Do I chaw terbaccy?" asked Mose­ ly, ironically, clearly Insulted at the suggestidfa that he would travel with- out a gun. ' "Then keep a sharp lookout, and listen to everything you hear, espe­ cially the whereabouts of some letters. If you can spot their lay, crawl out and get word to me at once. Now, under you go before they come out." I heard two men drop into the grav­ el close alongside of where I lay, and then crawl under the truck of 218. They weren't a moment too soon, for the next instant I heard two or three people Jump on to the platform, and Albert Cullen's voice dr5wl. "Aw. by Jove, what's the row?" Camp not en­ lightening them, Lord Ralles suggest­ ed that they set on the car to find out, and the tb*ee,did So. A moment later the sheriff came to the door and told -Camp that I wa» uoc • "I told yer this was the last place to look for the cuss, Mr. C&np," he said. "We've just dlsconilorted the lady for nothin'." "Then we must search elsewhere," spoke up Camp. "Come on, boys." The sheriff turned and made anoth­ er elaborate apology for having had to trouble the lady. ^ I heard Madge tell him that he hadn't troubled her at all, and then, as the cowboys and Camp walked off, she added, "And Mr« Gunton, I want to thank you for reproving Mr. Camp's dreadful swearing." "Thank yer, miss," said the sheriff. "We fellers are a little rough at times, but me if we don't know what's due to a lady." "Papa," said Madge', as soon as he was out of hearing, "the sheriff is the most beautiful swearer I ever heard." For a while there was silence round the station; I suppose the party in 218 were comparing notes, while the two cowboys and I had vne best reasons for being quiet Presently, however, the men came out of the car and jump­ ed down on the platform. Madge evi­ dently followed them to the door, for she called, "Please let me know the moment something happens or yoil learaauything." . # • (To be continued;) ; ^ TOO IfilJCH FOR FfeMINmE iJIfNt). No Wonder She Couldn's Answer Hus­ band's Keen Logic. It is no use for a woman to Imagine that she can ever have the calm, keen, logical mind of a man, for she can't She can't even follow a sensible mas­ culine line of reasoning. She was borne in upon me with fresh force when I went to take dinner with a young couple one evening of the week. Jack wasn't feeling well, and Jill, with that instinctive cruelty which always prompts a woman to rub things in, told me right before him what was the inatter. "Jack met some friends of his last night," she said, "and didn't know any better than to take six low balls, and they gave him a headache." "They weren't low balls, they were high balls," said Jack. "I didn't want one, but I had to take six. Fred in­ sisted on going in to take a drink, and then we met the other fellows. I've explained it to Jill, but she can't seem to understand what etiquette is with men. Naturally, every fellow wanted to do the square thing and pay for a round. A man can't stay with a crowd and not take anything." "Well, you didn't need to take liquor," said Jill. "You should have taken apolllnaris water." The utter feminine foolishness of this was more than Jack could stand. "That's just like a woman!" he snorted; "why, six glasses of appplli- aris would be bad for a man's health." I shan't tell you what Jill said. It was the, mere ridiculous speech that would occur to the average woman un­ der the circumstances.--Washington Post. ELECTRIC MUSIC. Device Which THE "TELEMOBILOSCOPE." impossible, . A device, which its inventor names the "telemobiloscope," for preventing collisions at sea, has recently been Invented and patented by Christian •Hulsmeyer, an engineer of Dussel- dorf, Germany. The apparatus util- farfirlQn **1 Sends It Far. The Bully's Share. Samuel Gompers, chief of the Amer­ ican Federation of Labor, said in a recent address: "The rich and powerful man is too apt to treat the poor and helpless man as the bully treated the little boy. "A little boy was peaceably mak­ ing a snow-man one winter warning when a tall, strong lad, a bully, rushed up, kicked down the snow-man and gave the little fellow a thump on tne head. "A benevolent gentleman saw this outrageous bullying from a distance. He drew near, shook his fist at the big boy and gave the little one a dime to comfort him. " 'There, there,' he said. 'Here is a dime for you. Now dry your eyes.' "Then he departed. "But he was no sooner gone than the bully came up and demanded half the mpney. " 'I'll be satisfied with half,' he said virtuously, 'but I ought to have all by rights, for if I hadn't walloped ye ye wouldn't have gotten a cent.'" J| Heavy Roads. ^ Out in a small Western town a building operation was going on. The material had to be carted five miles and a young Irishman was employed to drive a team of mules. It had been raining for two days and the roads were a sight. R was as much as the teamsters could do to keep their teams going, so bad were the roads. The next morning it was raining as hard as ever. The driver went to the stable with a shovel. * "Where are you going, Dan?" asked the boss. "To curry the ears of me mewls," answered Dan. "Why are you only going to curry their ears?" asked the boss. "Shure, thim's all ov 1m remains oat of the mud, sor." Maud Consented. An absent-minded clergyman , tills how once he was unconsciously re­ sponsible for helping a bashful lover. His mind was filled with a subtle theological problem when a neighbor's daughter passed in company with a diffident youth. His thoughts were in- terrupted as she called out to him: "Oh, doctor, we are just going for a ramble. Won't you join us?" "With pleasure. Do you want the ceremony in a church?" The bashful lover was suddenly fired with an enthusiasm that four years of gnawing at his heartstrings had failed to arouse, and he fairly shouted: "Yes, yes, and . if Maud consents, the sooner the better." A Minor Trouble. "Did yo' heah 'bout our bad luck? No? De ol' man was smokin' in bed an' he set things afiah an' burnt de haidboard an' de pillers, an' de fiasmen dey frowed water all ovah de feathah tick! I nevah did see no such a ran o' bad luck!" "An' what 'bout de ol' man?" ;<;«y ol' man? Oh, he was dal<^; ̂ f1 Nothing Doing. "My dear." said the poet's wife, no­ ticing his abstracted look, "you appear to be worried about something." "Eh?" he exclaimed. "Yes." ^ *Tell me, dear, what you lunf§o|j yorr r>'nd." "Nothing. That's wjiat worries ice." A device by which a performer at a central instrument may make sweet music in a thousand different places is surely the combination of music with telephony that we Jiave been awaiting. That such an apparatus has been de­ vised we have been Informed from time to time in the daily press, and the mode of its operation is now de­ scribed by T. C. Martin in The Amer­ ican Monthly Review of Reviews. That music often is transmitted over the telephone we all know, but the re- suls are meager and unsatisfying. The new instrument which the inventor, Dr. Thaddeus Cahill, of Holyoke, Mass., calls the "telharmonlum," is not a transmitter of music, but rather" a producer of music at a distant point Says Mr. Martin: "The Cahill telharmonlum may be compared with a pipe organ. The per­ former at its keyboard, instead of play­ ing upon air in the pipes, plays upon the electric current that is being gen­ erated in a large number of small dynamo-electric machines of the 'al- ternanting current" type. These little 'inductor' alternators are of quite sim­ ple construction, from the mechanical standpoint, though it is needless to say that the inventor did not find out all at once all he wanted to know about them. That took a good ten years. In each alternator the current surges to and fro at a different frequency or rate of speed--thousands and thou­ sands of times a minute; and this cur­ rent as it reaches the telephone at the near or the distant station causes the diaphragm of that instrument to emit a musical note characteristic of that current whenever it is generated at Just that 'frequency' of rate of vi­ bration in the circuit. The rest Is rel­ atively easy. The revolving parts of the little alternators are mounted upon shafts which are geared together. Each revolving part, or 'rotor,' hav­ ing its own number of poles of teeth in the magnetic field of force, and each having its own angular velocity, the arrangement gives us the ability to produce, in the initial condition of musical electrical waves, the notes through a compass of five octaves." In order that an organ may be played, somebody or something must izes Hertzian waves, such as are in wireless telegraphy, and it can be Installed on railway trains as well as on ships. As described in the Techni­ cal World, it combines a sending and a receiving apparatus. The electric waves, striking a distant metallic ob­ ject--such as a ship--are reflected back to the receiver, there operating to signal the approach of said object as well as to indicate, by special mech­ anism, its direction and distance. Says the writer: "As ships are subject to oscillation, and the range of the receiver is lim­ ited, the apparatus is suspended after the manner of a ship's compass, thus maintaining a practically constant po­ sition in relation to the horizon (Fig. 2). In the hollow hemisphere c is an induction coil d, operating the sender, and deriving its primary current from some source of energy (storage bat­ tery or dynamo) on the Vessel. The high-tension secondary current passes through collector rings and sliding brushes to the oscillator h. The waves issuing from the latter are projected with a given inclination from the pro­ jection box 1 and the concave mir­ ror m placed inside. At Q (Fig. 2), suspended In front of a concave screen n are the antennae or receiving wires, which pick up the reflected waves. These may .be located in any part of KEYBOARD OP THE TELHARMONY. On This Instrument the Performer Plays Upon the Bank of Alternators. pump the bellows. In like manner, when the telharmonlum is played, motor revolves all the little inter­ locked rotors at once, so that they may offer their plastic currents to. the keyboard to which the wires from the alternators lead. This keyboard as shown in the engraving has two banks of keys. TO quote further: "If one key is depressed, the cir­ cuit is closed on a ground tone and one or more allied circuits that will give the harmonics corresponding to that tone. But the currents, before they go to the exterior circuit contain­ ing the subscriber's telephone, are not left in their primitive simple form. On the contrary, they are passed, as they might be in ordinary lighting and power service, through transform­ ers, where they are blended; and in these 'tone-mixers' the simple, sinusoi­ dal wave of the alternator current be­ comes too complex to know Itself. In this manner highly composite vibra­ tions are built up which fall upon the ear as musical chords of great beauty and purity of tone. This process of interweaving of currents can be pushed very far, and the complex vi­ brations from different keyboards can be combined into others even more subtly superposed and wedded, so as to produce in the telephone receiver the effect of several voices or instru­ ments. Within the range of such an equipment appear possible some sounds never before heard on l|nd or sea." The experimental Instrument that has been set up in Dr. Cahill's Holy­ oke laboratory is said to have cost $200,000 and weighs about 200 tons. It has 145 of the inductor alternators, mounted on 11-inch shafts on a heavy steel girder bed-plate over 60 feet long. The switchboards include nearly 2,000 switches. Later equipments, we are told, will probably be less ponderous. As to the current consumption In the receivers, it is very small--about one- twentieth of that in a glow-lamp, so that a very few horsepower go a long way in the new art of telharmony.' * Full of Enterprise. r-' Switzerland is a little country, but it is progressive and prosperous. Re­ cent figures as to Swiss trade make a surprising exhibit. The small Al­ pine republic has a population less than that of New York city, but the foreign dealings exceed $400,000,000. Last year Switzerland Imported goods valued at over $239,333,000, and Its exports amounted to $170,055,000. The United States is a good cus­ tomer, having bought over $20,000,000 worth of goods from Switzerland in 1905, while that country sold us about half as much. And Switzerland col­ lects from $30,000,000 to $40,000,000 i yearly from tourists, a large propor­ tion of whom, and the most liberal I spenders, tre Americans,--Troy Times. THE INSTRUMENT AND HOW WORKS. Fig. 1.--Approach of One Vessel (B1 De­ tected by Instrument Installed on An­ other Vessel (A). Fig. 2.--Details of the Telemobiloscope. the~rigging, but must be well lnsulat- ed from the sending apparatus. The antennae are connected with a coherer of the type common in wireless instal­ lations, which serves to operate the audible or visible signal. "The apparatus is made to rotate Intermittently by means of driving gear around the wheel g. In this way the waves given off by the oscillator search, as it were, a greater or les3 range round the observing station, for metallic objects susceptible of reflect­ ing the waves and thus actuating the coherer. As the concave screen n follows the rotation, its position serves to indicate the direction from which come the reflected waves, and thus the direction In which the distant object lies. "The complete apparatus includes a special device-furnishing data--based on the inclination of the vertical axis of the system to the plane of the hori zon--from which the distance of the reflecting object is known. "The apparatus represented in Fig. 2 is shown installed on the foredeck of the vessel A in Fig. 1. The elec­ trical waves Issuing from. the sender r strike the vessel B, and, after being reflected, strike the antennae o by which the receiver at the observer's station is operated." Tests conducted by the Dutch gov­ ernment in the harbor of Rotterdam are said to have demonstrated the ef flciency of the invention. The reflec­ tion is accurate up to a distance of nearly two miles, with antennae a lit­ tle over 16 feet long, suspended from a bamboo rod. The inventor hopes to extend the range to nearly 20 miles. A LABOR SAVER. Electricity Has Practically Revolu­ tionized the Industrial Arts. One evening a few years ago I vis­ ited one of the largest steel mills in Pittsburg. A great ladle holding 50 tons of molten steel was lifted and carried quietly and quickly some little distance, and was then adjusted for pouring the steel into ingots. There were but few men in sight, and they seemed to have no connection with the moving mass of white-hot metal. Amid the occasional flaming of fur­ naces and the deep shaaows, the scene was a weird one. I discovered a man in a cage at one end of a high crane who was operating some levers. A few minutes later In passing from one building to another, it was necessary to stand aside while a number of la­ borers passed, each carrying an or­ dinary plank. Each of these men was working harder in transporting a board than was tne operator of the crane manipulating his ladle of steel. It requires Incidents as this, says F. C. Scott, in Engineering Magazine to make us realize what remarkable things the electric motor is doing, as its ordinary performances are becom­ ing Quite commonplace. Cordially Helping. - A few hints to British merchants late­ ly given by Mr. Leay, English consul at Vera Cruz, states that there are few British houses of any importance in Mexico, and that liberal advertising has led to America getting over half the trade. One important point in which this country has an advantage is the cordiality and good-fellowship with which the foreign buyer usually is treated by manufacturers when he shows, through a visit to this country, his desire to become acquainted with Its productive capacity. Mr. Leay re­ marks that Mexican merchants com­ plain of the inaccessibility of business prlncipaii Whta the flatter gOtoEng- laftd. Springfield.--The opinion of Attor­ ney General Stead, given to Auditor McCullough, Indicates that the state will gain no additional revenue by en­ deavoring to collect state taxes from the Illinois Central railroad In addi­ tion to the five per cent, compensa­ tion the road is required to pay on its charter lines. Mr. Stead, to whom the question had been referred, decided that the state taxes, which are 55 cents on $100, should be levied on one-fifth of the total value of the company's property, instead of on the full value. These taxes, added to the five per cent, compensation, would give the state $150,000 less revenue than now is re­ ceived by taking seven per cent, of the gross earnings as a total of compen­ sation and taxes. Deputy Auditor Eij- banks has figured out the road's taxes on the basis of taxation laid down by the attorney general, and discovers that these, added to the compensation, would fall short of the revenue now ob­ tained. Under the former decision of the attorney general, however, the road is required to pay seven per cent of the gross receipts as a minimum. If the state's taxes, added to the five per cent., were in excesB of seven per eent., then the road is obliged, accord­ ing to his. opinion, to pay the excess, providing the state levy not more than three-fourths of one per cent. In no case can the payments by the rail- read fcompany be less than seven per cent., but they can be more. It was in hope of lncreaslog this revenue that the auditor, had the road sched­ ule the value of Its property for tax­ ation, at the same time asking the at­ torney general if the taxes should be levied on the whole or one-fifth value. If it had been found that the tax could be levied on the full value, it would have increased the revenue by about $400,000. Inasmuch as no in­ crease would be obtained the state will continue to take its seven per cent, as a minimum which the road shall pay in both compensation and taxes. The attorney general a?so held that the company Is not entitled to the $80,- 000,000 In bonds which the company asprted were credits, from which debts could be deducted, and that they were not such credits, and that no deduc­ tions could be -made from them. He further held that the $25,000,000 in bonds outside the state were subject to taxation, the same as other assets. The taxing of tliia additional property was considered by Mr. Eubanks in es­ timating that the revenue from the company would be about $150,000 less If the state endeavored to collect state's taxes and five per cent, compensation, Instead of the seven per cent, compen- sation. The company row pays $lf- 083,230 annually in compensation and taxes. It has been figured that under Stead's opinion an attempt to collect both the five per cent, compensation and state taxes would net $930,000 an­ nually. Fruit Damaged by Frost. Freezing temperature with killing frosts wrought havoc to tne grape crop and damaged other fruits and the early grain crop in Sangamon county. Fruit growers and farmers from vari­ ous points reported severe damage. Grapes in all sections of the county, it is asserted, have been virtua^y de­ stroyed, and tue strawberries, which were in bloom, have been killed. Peaches, cherries and apples, how­ ever, are not damaged to any extent because they were closely closeted In the buds which had not yet unfurled. Young corn that was peeping through the ground also suffered. There is much less of this than usual at this time of year and a frost does not kill the roots of corn, as a rule. It is not uncommon to have a heavy frost in cessor in command of the Fourth bri year may be saved a good deal of damage. The records show, however, that the average date of the last kill­ ing, frost is April 2S, although it has come as late as May 21 in the last quarter of a century. Dunkards to Meet at Springfield. Arrangements for the general con­ ference of German Baptists of the* world which will be held in Springfield June 5 to 10, are progressing rapidly. • A member of the arrangements com- ' mittee stated that the attendance prom­ ises to be larger this year than ever before in the history of the organiza­ tion, owing to the central location of Springfield in the United States. Ea- V timate3 of the probable attendance * vary, but members of the committee* regard it as* certain that there will be from 30,000 to 40,000 present .The % sect is more generally known as the fj Dunkards, and numbers many thou- ^ sands in this country and foreiga ( lands. At the meeting in Springfield [during-the month of June the visitiha* ^ will come from all parts of this coun- ^ try as well as from India, France, 0. Spain and Sweden. Special arrange- % ments for feeding thousands of the visitors are being made at the fair grounds, and the dining tables will be located in Machinery hall. Tents ^ will also be put up In a number of the - other buildings about the grounds, and a large proportion of the delegates to the, conference will remain on the fair grounds. The delegates as repre­ sentatives of the districts in the Unit­ ed States and other countries enact new laws for the government of the German Baptists, or Dunkards, and they are then placed before the con­ ference, which votes on the questions as submitted. Much interest is always taken by the representatives and the ^ sessions will undoubtedly be well at- "S tended. Railroad representatives are preparing extra equipment to handle the crowds that will attend the meet­ ing, as they firmly believe that the attendance will be up to the mark which it has set in past meetings. Preparations are being made so that no matter what the size of the crowds they will all be accommodated, so far s as railroad facilities are concerned. T Peculiar beliefs characterize the Ger- .1 man Baptists, such as their rule for* bidding the wearing of gold or jewelry of any sort, er the use of tobacco by an official of the church., They also do not believe in war, and take but slight Interest in politics. The sect is especially strong near Girard and Virden in this state and a proposi­ tion will be made at the conference to >: erect a home for old ladies and or- > phaixs at the former place. The mem- v! bers of the arrangements committee who will complete preparations for the • • general conference are: Jacob Hersch- % berger, Salem; I. D. Heckman, Oakley; ^ J. G. Wine, Cerro Gordo; S. S. Bru- , baker, Virden, and J. #. #wit*er,- anoke. *. 'h ' ^ ">\v : »• / -r State G. A. X. Encampment. * Preparations are being the members of the Springfield G. A. R. organizations to send a big dele- • * gation to the coming state encamp- ; ment of the Illinois Grand Army of the Republic which will be held at Galesburg May 22, 23 and 24. A strenuous effort will be made to cap­ ture the next encampment for Spring­ field, and plans are now being made <: to that effect. Quincy is also after vs the next encampment and the dele- Sf gates from this city will go prepared to put up a hard fight. In addition to the members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the following affiliated organizations will be represented: Sons of Veterans, Daughters of Vet­ erans, Spanish-American War Vet-' erans. Union Veterans' union, Wo­ man's Relief Corps, and Ladies of the Grand Army. The prospect for a large attendance, especially of the old com­ rades, is excellent, and the people of Galesburg are making extensive prep­ arations to entertain the thousand^ who will come. . • _' • L-rW. it! Accuse Head of Home. Failure to provide a sufficient sup­ ply of potatoes for the Inmates of the Soldiers' Widows' home at Wilming­ ton is one of the charges made against Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller, the superin­ tendent of the Institution. A commit­ tee of women from Peoria and places in the vicinity of the home waited on Gov. Deneen to substantiate numerous charges, and the matter was finally referred to the state board of chari­ ties. The Investigation will be made In the near future. Mrs. Miller asserts that the charges are the result of po­ litical Jealousy that has existed for some time. Mrs. Miller requested an immediate investigation and the books of the institution were in evi­ dence. Harper Memorial Library. Plans for the Harper Memorial li­ brary were looked over at the Uni­ versity of Chicago, and friends and of­ ficers of the institution returned the opinion that the ^completed structure would be the most beautiful building on thej|ollege campus. Facing the Midwaypihe library will be the cen­ tral building of a group which will ex­ tend from the girls' dormitories on Lexington avenue to Ellis avenue. It will be 216 feet long from east to west, 90 feet from north to sohth, and about 100 feet high. Will Report on Waterway. The internal improvement commis­ sion of Illinois, recently named by Gov. Deneen, has commenced Its duties and will submit a report to the next general assembly of the cost ef a 14- foot waterway between Lockport and St. Louis. The commission Is com­ posed of H. M. Schmoldt, of Beards- town; W. H. Johnson, of Ottawa, and Isham Randolph, of Chicago. The members of the commission were ac­ companied on a trip up the Illinois river from Havana to Peoria by Gov. Deneen, when the duties of the new board were discussed. Mr. Randolph has been elected chairman. ti Illinois Police Association. The fifth annual convention of the Illinois Police association elected of­ ficers as follows: President, D. F. Gahan, Elgin; first vice president, Martin Murphy, Joliet; second vice president, A. Moreau, Aurora; secre­ tary, B. Dejaeger, Moline; treasurer, M. B. Little, Rockford; sergeant at arms, J. A. Horigan, Chicago. Mayor H. B. Douglas welcomed the delegates at the open'.ng session. A banquet was held In the afternoon and a ball in the evening. Elgin was choeea as the next meeting place. Motion for New Trial Made. In the case of the people against Thomas Brewer, charged with gam­ ing, a motion for a new trial was made in the county court at Springfield. The motion was argued and taken under advisement. The case was tried be­ fore a jury $ome time ago and Brew­ er was found guilty. ; ________ • • * Church Consolidation Opposed. William Reister, an attorney, re­ turned to Evanaville from Decatur, tthere he arranged to file an injunc­ tion in the federal court there to en- Join the general assembly of the Cum­ berland Presbyterian church from voung to consolidate with the Pres­ byterian church. The suit will be filed in n few days. The Cumberland Pres­ byterian church owns about $8,000,000 worth of church property and has over 200,000 memccrs. Extensive Ut|> gation is not looked for. t Seeks Money from Legislator. - ^1 In order to get service on sentatlve Charles A. A Men, of Hoopee- ton, who is participating in the ses­ sions of the legislature, suit was filed In the Sangamon county circuit court by Clara M. Moulder, ef Lincoln, to recover $8,000 from him. The proceed­ ing, It Is said, Is based on a f oil land deal. Only the praecipe was filed and the local attorneys ia the case were not informed of the details of the case. • settlement cmt at eowt will likely be^^ arranged. , • a ' .. ... •<•*>. "